books.google.comhttp://books.google.com/books/about/Columbus_Geo_from_Its_Selection_as_a_tra.html?id=YPQxAQAAMAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareColumbus, Geo., from Its Selection as a "trading Town" in 1827, to Its Partial Destruction by Wilson's Raid, in 1865 : History - Incident - Personality